Sophie’s art

She started this project herself for the summer. We had very cheap paper on a roll. The paper was very smooth and very light. Sophie used sharpies to make this masterpiece. When she finished, she brought it upstairs so I could photograph it…as she passes through the kitchen, with the art flying behind her, it passes by the kitchen windows and I saw stained glass! “Sophie, put it up against the window, it looks just like stained glass” I still have this. Its torn and in rotten condition because I let her keep it taped up in her room. She has since given it to me. I’m having it framed.

Hi Eugenia! Thank you for the compliment. She was 9 (i think) when she made this on her own. She is now 16 & loves art, she is so creative still. I am a big fan! She actually sold a piece for $20! Thank you for following me! I look forward to seeing your work in my reader! ~amy

Hey! Found this on Pinterest and followed through 364+ comments to write here. As a mother of two kids in their 20’s, can I just say that there is hope at the end of a very long tunnel. Its a hard thought to hold onto sometimes, I know, but I guarantee that your daughter will blossom into a wonderful young woman, and all these teenage “trials” will be forgotten (by her, not so much by you, haha!). Wonderful piece of art here, she will become so much more, you wait and see! 🙂

WOW. i thank you very much for taking the time to scroll through all those comments. My daughter did that piece of artwork a long time ago, she is now 15 going on 30. We have tough moments, but i can be her emotional punching bag on occasion because i understand she trusts me enough not to ever give up on her. i proudly own the artwork that was posted all those years ago. Thank you so very much for your lovely note. ~amy

As a mother of a lovely 18 yr old my advice to you is STOP writing about your daughter. Esp anything negative. Please do not make one more comment about her on the Internet. This private stuff should not be out there for strangers (like me) to read. Just stop.

Hi Amy, i need your help would you that your picture can post in the fanpage Sharpie México in Facebook? send me an email to adriana.regino@newellco.com or could you give me an authorization to use it?

Sophie will be turning 15 next month. Life here is crawling to a place where freedom from torment can almost be reached. Close enough to see & feel, though frustrating that it takes so long. How have you been? ~amy

15? A great age. Though they don’t necessarily realize it in the moment. I’m fine. I do hope you reach that freedom soon. Like I said in another comment: feel free to vent. It’s good for you. You take good care of yourself. B.

15 is a great age to BE, not as much to raise one. Someone made of fire w/o a fully formed Cerebral Cortex is quite difficult to deal with. 🙂 I am glad you are fine…although i do know ‘fine’ can mean almost anything. i used it when life sucks. as in “Oh, i’m fine. no, really b/c if i tell you the truth i may shatter into a thousand pieces?” Freedom from this HELL is almost over. The kids & i just want it all to end. But he wants revenge but doesn’t understand or comprehend that when he hurts me, he hurts my kids too. Venting…Thank you for ‘listening’ ~amy

The age and the divorce must make it a tad complicated. I’ve never understood revenge. Seems to me a ludicrous activity. A waste of time. But then I find myself to be weird sometimes. 🙂 Plus the fact that revenge exacted in such a situation definitely hurts kids. They… just don’t understand.
I do understand some people can be very… mean. (Most of the human race?) 😉
Well, not much advice, just breathe deeply. And remember: “No hay mal que dure 100 años”, no ill or evil ever lasts a hundred years. 🙂

and i remember this one too…the best revenge is to live happily. soon, this will be me. My kids are doing ok. They are far stronger than most considering what they’ve endured for their whole lives. To moving forward. L’chaim! ~amy

Raise your glass & say L’chaim…then down the hatch. a simple toast that can mean a thousand different things every time it is said. i had to look Vive la vie up…same thing-ish. Cheers, Equinoxio21 ~amy

Is there a way to determine what this paper is, so that someone else might be able to use this technique. It is beautiful and would love to know what type of materials are used. My daughter is a school counselor at an inner-city school district, this looks like an inexpensive yet beautiful project that the students would benefit from. Thanks

Hi Karen, sorry for the delay in my response. The paper was found in a locally owned toy store. The paper is a roll, its very thin & has a shine to it. I think using any thin paper would work. However, after being in direct sunlight, the colors did fade. I think a UV varnish spray would be best. It would last forever that way. This project was done by my 9 year old daughter. That daughter is now 17 & a senior in high school. She still amazes me with her art. Good luck finding the paper, it shouldnt be too hard. Maybe look on Amazon, and buy the cheapest roll? ~amy

Hi Rhia,
My daughter thought up the idea herself & surprised me with it when she was 9 or 10years old. I had cheap paper on a roll & she had been given her own sharpie markers. What she did was roll out some paper & used the black sharpie first & made squares & rectangles, then she went back after the black sharpie dried & used color to create designs within her boxes. She is now 14 years old & she has finally given me the piece of art work & i’m going to have it framed, glass on both sides to hang in front of a window. That is what she did & i wish you good luck! ~amy

Can you believe my daughter did that on her own at 9yrs of age?! She is now fourteen. It does offer privacy, the thing is if you color one side, the colors bleed through, but not totally. So if you wanted it to look beautiful from both sides you’d have to color both sides. Sophie gave this to me this year. i have it rolled up to take to get it framed. It is spectacular. Thank you. ~amy

Wow, Amy. I have just been blown away thanks to seeing Sarah’s original pin on Pinterest. I repinned it with paper and sharpie details. I have used Nobo OHP transparencies with sharpies in the past for making ‘stained glass window’ Christmas decorations, and embellishments for cards. I will dig them up and try some colouring with them. Like others, I can’t draw to save my life but love colouring in. I follow doodlegal on deviantArt, who does some awesome pages to colour. ~ Lu

that is she is. This piece of art that she created at 10 years of age, has been viewed over 250,000 times. She is now 13, so very anti-mom anything. Hopefully she will begin to create again soon. Thank you~ ~amy

I lead a Sunday school. Our program room has several windows that make a wall facing the parking lot and one high traffic entrance. I am going to try Images that will change with the theme to share with all who enter the building. Thanks Sophia for the inspiration and Amy for posting, I found it on a spotlight pintest in my email this afternoon

A wonderful idea, Wendy! Having the children make the stained glass for your art room is a fantastic idea. I hope you can find the cheap paper i used. It was on a roll & is thinner then office paper, with a bit of a sheen to it. Usually you can find rolled up paper at toy stores instead of art, because it’s quality is so bad, which makes it perfect for ‘stained glass’. ~amy

Oh, and if you are still wondering why this post is still getting hits after a few years.
I get email notification each time you like one of my posts (and THANK YOU so much for that) and the top ‘great posts worth seeing from Amy’ is always ‘Sophies’ Art’ 🙂

Wow. That is amazing. Sophie made that when she was 10 during spring break. She just turned 13 & still she is almost always on the top hits for the day. The art hangs on her wall, still. If she ever gives it to me, I’m going to frame it. Thank you, Tracey. ~amy

Sophie made that when she was 10, that was three years ago. I think I posted a painting she did in my art class. But i don’t remember what i named the post.She is also going through the anti-mom thing. All i do is art, so all she doesn’t do is art. Pooh, right? Thank you, Tracey. ~amy

She made that when she was 9 years old, by herself, w/o me knowing at all, during one spring break. She turned 13 last Sunday. Everything she does, as far as art is concerned, has always blown me away…I’m an artist & have an in-house studio, she’s always had use of it, but she definitely creates using a much different side of her brain. Thanks for the compliment. ~amy

When she finished, she brought upstairs to show it to me. I told her I wanted to photograph it, the art flowed behind her & then it passed in front of a window, it was then, that I asked her to hold it to the deck doors to photograph it best. It was then that we realized it looked like stained glass. Thank you for liking it. ~amy

Came across your lovely photo on Pinterest.
This is so beautiful and such a great idea!
I think I might use this idea to hide the view of my neighbour’s trucks. It would disguise the view without blocking the light.
Please pass on my thanks to your creative daughter for such a cool idea!

Oh, Good luck to you, Jackie! I hope you can find the cheap paper! My daughter is a very talented little girl, then. Now she is a preteen & is to grown up to do art with me. I hope she comes back to it. Thank you for the wonderful compliment. ~amy

She is shockingly, maddeningly so. She made that on her own at the age of 10. It hangs on her bedroom wall & when she thinks she has outgrown it, it will be mine! Thank you, Jim. Nice profile dog. I had a solid white husky that was my shadow for 10 years, he died last february & he took a large part of my heart with him. ~amy

Thank you for the follow! I can tell your blog oozes with inspiration. I surely will like visiting. I am a grandma, who wants to draw and paint. I feel a bit inhibited.. Not sure why..People tell me to just do it but where do I start?

The fear of failure inhibits you. I taught myself & felt the same fear. Then I told myself that what ever I made is for the trash can. It took away the fear of failure, because I already knew it was trash. BUT i made sure i found the one spot i did like & questioned myself why-then made sure to apply what I did learn by doing to the next piece of trash. Making art is one of the bravest things to do-once childhood is over. Good luck. Copy Sophie, she was nine when she made this on her own. ~amy

Yes. Amazingly it hangs on her wall. When she finished it, I told her I wanted to photograph it. But when it flowed behind her, with me following, it passed in front of our kitchen windows & I saw what it could be. Then I had her hold it to the window. I told her that she could tape it to her bedroom window, but she wanted it on her wall as she intended to when she made it. She is aware of its popularity & is shocked by how many make one for their windows. I am so glad you love it. I pass on all compliments to her. Sophie is a talented kid. ~amy

I also found this via Pinterest. Please tell your daughter thank you for the inspiration! I have windows on either side of my front door and am going to try this. My youngest is now 17 so I’m not sure he will want to help, but I’m going to try! I think the correct type of paper can be found here: http://www.fairhaventoygarden.com/buy/13503/white-paper-roll-12x-100

Thank you for posting the site for the paper! My daughter is a very gifted artist. She has now reached the age where she is anti-mom. So she will not create anything. But she will again, because like it or not-she is an artist.

Oh Sophie, thank you for such an exquisite and inspiring piece of art. My granddaughter and I will be making themed versions of your “stained glass” beginning with a panel of apples and another of hearts. (I too, corrected my pinned description from wax paper to rolled easel paper. )

This was made up by my 10 year old daughter during spring break. She used sharpies on very thin & cheap rolls of paper. What you see is how to do it. She first drew a few blocks & colored them from her imagination. I hope you attempt it, she had a blast!

Like most everyone else, I saw this in pintrest and repinned it. I was looking for several things and this popped up. I’ve decided to use the idea on the bathroom window in my new home since it didn’t come with a frosted window and I didn’t want everyone seeing right through into the bathroom! I think it will be a wonderful fix!

Found this on Pinterest, and repinned it…then yesterday tried it with my 5 yr old twin grandaughters…you have to give ideas sometimes of what to draw but just as fun and its now hanging on my glass door to backyard! PS…sharpie ink comes off skin with baby wipes, or Fresh Wipes….easy clean up!

Hi Sophie, I also have just come across this on Pinterest, I thought you might like to know how to find which of your pics have been pinned, anyone with a blog or web site can do this, just replace your site name with theirs, I was quite surprised when I tried it to see how many of my photos have been used http://pinterest.com/source/2me4art.com/
love your daughters work, going to try it next time my grands come visiting

HI Sohpie’s Mom. This is a STRANGE question I know but, does Sophie have Attention Deficit Disorder? The reason I am asking is that my daughter & son and myself all have some form of Add or Adhd and the 1 variable that links us ALL together is this disorder is that we ARE ALL HIGHLY CREATIVE!!!! Those kids can come up with most artistic things that adults just sit in amazement that a child made the piece. It is the same feeling I got when I looked at Sophie’s faux stained glass picture!!! It is something that shows a developed imagination far beyond her 10yrs at the time.. All I can say, Add or not, is GOD BLESS HER AND KEEP HER AND MAY HE ALLOW HER TO KEEP CREATING!!!
By the way, I ran into this on Pinterest!!
Blessings to your family!

Thank you for your blessing for her. Sophie doesn’t have add or adhd, I think that she is very creative because she has had an art studio in the house her whole life. My family has been into the arts of one form or another for three generations. I think that is in her DNA to be artistic!
Thank you for repinning on Pinterest!
amy

You can make a little money off this page by becoming a amazon affiliate. Link to the craft supplies your daughter used so people know what exactly to buy. If anyone buys them you get a percentage. And the best thing is, if they buy anything else by following your link you also make money on those things. By the way I love the piece. Found it on Pinterest.

Hi Kailey- Not wax paper, I don’t know how that got there. It is a cheap paper on a roll. Usually found in the “art” department of a TOY STORE. It feels like office paper, but has a bit of a shine. I hope you can find some!
~amy

I think this looks really good and effective. I live children’s work. I’m hoping to use this idea for a Year One class. As part of a leaving present for their teacher. She has a small window above the fire exit door that is blacked out and I think this would be a perfect replacement to keep for next year. Fingers crossed we can make it look so good. Well done Sophie!

Can I just say that I love how you take the time to comment on the responses here? =) I also found this via Pinterest and it’s going on the list of things to do with my son this summer vacation. Thank you for the wonderful idea~

No tutorial needed. It is cheap paper on a roll, found at toy stores. The paper is thin. The markers she used was sharpies, she drew different squares & rectangles & drew random things that come to a 10 year old mind. That is it! ~amy

I’m sorry-wax paper is a mistake, I wish I could change it! Sophie used a cheap roll of paper that came from a toy store. The paper is like very cheap & thin office paper-except on a roll. It can smear a bit so work from top to bottom! Most artwork should be done that way, that way you wont drag you elbow through paint or markers

I do to. She takes my Tuesday art class with three other girls & I gave them two color choices for their canvas. Sophie’s colors where shockingly disappointing to me, but she was happy with what she had done, then she added her theme & her painting blew me away. The whole time, she knew what she was doing, while I assumed she didn’t. I don’t know why I do that, she has been shocking me all her short life!

Yes, we could make ourselves crazy if we thought about all the chemicals we put into our personal space and our planet as a whole. So I say if we can do a few simple things to cut back, all the better.

This is a coloring done by my daughter, who was 10 at the time. She made it up. She used cheap paper on a roll & colored it with hat sharpies. The paper on the Rommel is like office paper but really thin. Hope this help. – amy

Please don’t use wax paper, I’m not sure why it says that. The paper she used was on a roll. The paper is thin & cheap. When she came us stairs to show me I saw that you could see colors on both side, I suggested she hang it in her window. She stuck it to her wall. – Amy, Sophie’mother

The original pinner said that it was made on waxed paper. She must have just been guessing but it’s still on Pinterest with that comment so everyone thinks it is on waxed paper. She needs to correct it.

I shared this on a page that I admin on facebook, Parenthood 101. It is in a Craft album that we have. I provided a link to this page in the description of the photo. I hope that was ok. Let me know if you wish for me to remove it.

So… just found this today on Pinterest! I’m in South America, so “craft paper” isn’t on the store shelves. Could you describe it so that I could find something like it? Is it like onionskin paper? Or more like newsprint? Thanks… and sorry to bother you!
~Rosalinda

Thank you for sharing your daughter’s amazing art work. I am a stained glass artist and was recently asked to teach art at small Christian school for the remainder of the school term. While looking for some ideas for elementary children I came across the picture. Maybe my fourth graders can tackle this on a smaller scale. Thanks again for the share to inspire the rest of us.

I found your daughter’s art work via a google search for stained glass projects for children. My pre-k/k kids will be doing this project this summer. You have an amazing little artist on your hands!! Please thank her for her inspiration!

I just pinned this onto my crafty page and changed the paper description to thin white paper!!! Sophie is very talented, she must be 11 by now hope you have some more of her art work on your blog just going to look now! Thank you for posting this

Haha! I feel bad you have to tell people OVER and OVER, it is cheap, thin paper on a roll from a toy store! I read all of the comments and posts because I wanted to know what kind of paper was used also. This is absoultely amazing. I have a door just like the one in the picture also. I do not like the fact everyone can see right through it, and my apartments refuse to change it out. This is perfect! too bad Sofie can’t make one to cover the whole glass piece for me LOL! SHe is amazing! Thanks for the inspiration 🙂

Thanks for letting me know that you read white thin paper. Aaahhhh, happy me. I don’t tell my daughter much about compliments anymore because her head has gotten too big & she is giving me art ideas all the time…

Fantastic work! Found it on Pinterest and have been sharing it ever since:) Just shows the effect a creative parent and creative environment (studio area in the house) can have on kids. I trained in Fine Art and my wife is a Kindergarten Principal so I’ll definitely be passing this on to her.
Yayyy Amy!

Your daughter’s artwork is amazing. I will be rep inning this for future use with my daughters. I may even be mentioning this on my blog, but will be sure to give you, your daughter, and your blog ALL the credit. Thank you for sharing!

It’s November Thanksgiving Eve…and we are pinning this picture. It’s so beautiful! My husband loves stained glass and is so impressed. He wants my daughter and I to start this project right away. (Christmas gifts for grandparents)
It’s a good thing to have a long weekend, Happy Thanksgiving!

Your daughter is a blessing from God for you! And
she is using her God-given talent to bring you more
attention! Amazing. I’m not sure I know exactly what
the paper is – I’ll check it out. But I wondered it you could
use clear contact paper; leave the backing on during process,
then remove and double back onto another piece of clear
contact paper. Just a thought – then you could frame with
craft foam or craft sticks to hang in a window. Another
thought for handing is using craft glue to paint on the back
of the contact paper to make a window cling.

Those are wonderful ideas to try. I’d watch for smearing though. Sophie came up with the idea on her own. I found the paper on a roll at a toy store (not a chain) the paper is similar to cheap office paper. She is a gift, she amazes me everyday!

I also saw this on Pinterest and am glad I checked out your blog to learn that it shouldn’t be wax paper – I’m putting together a little packet of Pinterest-found crafts for my moms group tomorrow night and am definitely including this! Such a gorgeous piece that your daughter did – tell her to keep up the beautiful work!

Thank you for being so patient with the waxed paper questions. The minute I saw it, I knew it couldn’t be waxed paper. Ever since starting pinterest, I’ve been going to the original source because of issues like this. Thank you for sharing such beautiful art! I’ll be following your blog from now on- I appreciate your spirit and willingness to let your kids be kids 🙂 All my best to you!

What a beautiful work of art. I saw it on pinterest and was curious because it said waxed paper. We may have to get some of that cheap rolled paper from the toy store. Please let your daughter know that her work continues to be appreciated.

I tell her everyday. She is one talented girl! No waxed paper, she did hers on cheap rolled up paper from the toy story, cheap so it shows through, but I would maybe put something under the paper so it doesn’t bleed though. Not sure if Sophie did that or not. She did it on the coffee table while watching tv.

I’m 27 years old, I’m an artist, your daughter is so lucky to have you as a mother. I know your daughter is only 10 but I watched my friends parents tell them no to art schools while my parents embraced my art and sent me to 3 different art colleges, good for you. Love what your children love. Be happy with what makes them happy. And be proud of their talents, no matter what they may be 🙂

I wish you luck in your field! I support what makes my kids happy b/c, I want them to be happy! I am an artist & have had an art studio in the house for as long as they remember. If they wanted to hang around with me, they did art…their way. Although when it comes to paint, there were days when I couldn’t handle the stress! 🙂 Thank you for your sweet words.
Amy

Like all of those before me I found this and repinned it on pinterest too. I just want to say how great you’ve been responding to every comment. I hope pinterest continues to bring you success and traffic. Thank you for sharing Sophie’s art with us. You can tell she put in much effort and thought into all of the boxes.

We used a roll of crafting paper found at Hobby Lobby for $7.99. I used your idea for a group craft project over a weekend church retreat. It turned out beautiful!!! I attached a link to a picture below. Thank you for the wonderful idea!!

Pinterest led me here too. I thought it odd that it said wax paper because I thought sharpies would smudge and as you note it is not wax paper. I just don’t know where to find this very cheap paper on a roll – is it white paper? It looks like it lets light in so a clear or wax paper quality makes more sense. I sure hope I can find the paper. If you find it online can you post a link? Thanks!! Your daughter is quite the artist.

Toy stores carry paper on a roll, look in the art section of toys are us. You can look online, just make sure you are looking for children’s paper, that way you know its cheap & see through. Good Luck!

I’ve been wanting to put a “stained glass look” on my living room window. This will work great and will be something I did instead of something bought and I can change it without much cost.Thanks so much. Found this on pinterest.

Thanks for this great idea. I found this on pinterest, sophie should do pinterest with her art, i would definatly follow her ;). My 4 year old loves markers and we are about to re decorate his room, I’m so excited to try this with him. Thanks again sophie

Wow, I’ll be sure to tell Sophie. Use paper on a roll found at toy stores, like kids R us…Remember in looks great on one side & it should be a window that no one sees from the other side, unless you color that one too! Amy

You can also find that cheap drawing paper at Ikea. They sell a cheap easel set and the paper is sold separately. I like this project for me or my grandchildren. I found this site through a pinterest link on friends FACEBOOK status. …Its getting around.

I, too, found this on Pinterest! I LOVE the piece of art she created! She did an amazing job! She has motivated me to teach my own children about the history of stained glass and allow them to create a piece of “stained glass” as your daughter has done. Thank you so much for sharing!!! 🙂

This artwork caught my eye immediately,! it’s beautiful,amazing for a 10 year old. Sophie certainly has the talent.i am wondering if a large roll of freezer paper would work?. I teach art also to k through 8 and this would be a wonderful project for all levels.

Not freezer paper, I’m sorry. She used the cheap paper on a roll from a toy store. The paper has to be thin to allow the light to come through. Sophie is an astounding artist. Thank you for your kind words & I would LOVE to see what your grades come up with, I could post them on my blog!!!

I am loving this. I am thinking the paper you refer to may be the newsprint rolls? I want to let my grand daughters loose on a project like this and would love to see these kinds of results. I love the stained glass effect. I also saw this on pinterest.

That’s so cool! Sophie asked me to reblog this so she can have everyone see my stuff b/c she feels guilty that she has gotten over 5,000 hits this weekend, I’ve never had hits like that in one day, my top was 503 or something. Sophie is so sweet, she wants to use the popularity of her hits, to bring me high numbers. That is a daughter’s love. I hope your daughter’s have wonderful time, tell them the it took Sophie a week to to make it, because hers is so big…I finally remembered when she made it-spring break.

That is amazing… Your daughter is an artist! Found this on Pinterest. Since I’m a mom too, and I’d be curious why I’d have so many hits on my kids pic, I figured I’d comment;) I’m pinning this as well so my lil folks can try it too!

i love this piece of work..i have a 3 year old grand daughter and did not want her to work with sharpies they smell and leave stains on the hands so i tried a few other pens we had and the one i loved the most is the crayola brush markers in lighter colors then i took a sharpie and did outline work it turned out so nice…

Hi Bridgett,
Yes, sharpies are very stung smelling & I think you came up with a great alternative. I will pass your compliment on to Sophie. ~amy PS I just figured out how to find old comments that I was unable to reach before this morning. I’m sorry for that.

This is awesome. Please tell Sophie I think she is a gifted artist. I pinned this changing the waxed paper to inexpensive crafting paper. I will also be linking to this on WeeFolkArt.com’s Facebook Page. ~Kimara~

How wonderful. I was a preschool art teacher & learned most of the things I do as art from the little or wee fearless hands, that make the most amazing things. Sophie will love to read your words, thank you for changing it to crafting paper & linking it with your website or blog…amy

I, too, found this on Pinterest this morning. I teach third grade and have two granddaughters, so I was interested in this project. The pinner had written that this was done on wax paper, but that didn’t seem like it would work to me, so I checked out the link to your page. Lovely artwork!

I seen this on pinterest and thought it was so pretty!!! My girls are always looking for something different and fun to make, especially when it comes to them drawing or coloring! Your little one did and amazing job 🙂

I was an art teacher to a preschool. I found that if you put a paint brush in the hands of 3 year olds, you learn so much from them. Their freedom, no fear of making a ugly picture or a mess or someone won’t like it. Changed the way I painted. She is amazing. She’s 11 years old. I signed up for your emails.

Yes, She did that during spring break. I’ve always had an art studio & she has had something creative to do. But, when she brought that up, I was truly shocked. She is going to be so happy that her art got me 1552 hits today.

It has grown wings! I just pinned this yesterday and 3 people have pinned from me since! Sophie is a wonderful artist. I to have a studio and my kids have played with at since a very young age! I’m looking forward to seeing to the results of them growing up

Omgosh, it’s the cheapest paper ever, thats why it came out so amazing as stained glass. She taped it to her wall. I would have put it on my window. You know the rolls of paper they have in the children’s section at a toy stores.

I just found this on Pinterest…and love this. Your daughter has amazing talent and it will bring her many hours of pleasure.
Can you tell me if she just did it on the craft paper on the 1 side with the sharpie markers. I run a daycare and think this would be Awesome as a group project for my schoolage kids. Thanks for posting

Thank you, Peggy. My daughter was an amazing artist back then. Puberty made art boring now, i try to tell her that she needs to create art because it is still inside her & i am desperate to see what she is capable of now that she is 14 years old. I wish you luck with your class. ~amy